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My InterpretationOne possible interpretation is that the crime spoken of in the first verse, was something so small, as lettin the child skate on the ice of a lake that wasn't thick enough, "like a child playing with a knife" meaning that she's in danger.
The ice breaks and she drowns, so with tears of sorrow and rage they lower her into her grave..

the thin ice in turn can be anything that's not safe, like late night television, if she's too young.